2 Unions To Ask Board For Total War Labor Policy When the National War Labor Board opens its full-dress enquiry at Ottawa next week, the problems of labor relations in Canada will come up for a complete review. opening May 4, promises to be one of the most important de- velopments in the vital industrial phase of the war effort. Throughout the country, trade unions are putting finishing touches on the briefs they will lay before the board. Delegations from Vancouver will be among those to bring before the Board labor's pro- posals on the necessary steps that have to be taken to solve the criti- cal situation in many industries and to bring federal labor policy into line with war needs. Pat Sullivan, vice-president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, told the press this week that the Trades Congress will be This enquiry, the first organization to appear be- fore the Board. ~ Labor welcomes the inquiry, said Sullivan, and hopes that the gov- ernment will appreciate the need of canvassing the whole field of labor problems and institute a new attitude towards labor on the part of federal] authorities. The Trades Congress, which has long pressed for full labor repre- sentation on war boards and for compulsory collective bargaining legislation, will be represented at the enquiry by Acting-President Percy Bengough, Sullivan and other Congress Officials. © The second day of the enquiry will be taken up by the repre- sentations of the Canadian Con- gress of Labor, the General Con- ference Committee of Standard Railway Organizations, and the Catholic Syndicates of Quebec. The Canadian Manufacturers’ Association, the Canadian Cham- ber of Commerce, and L. A. For- syth, a corporation lawyer, will appear later in the week. From the two preliminary hear- ings held two weeks ago union officials saw that some employer interests and company representa- tives will hold forth against the type of democratic comprehensive labor code that will be urged by labor spokesmen. BC Chinese Protest Resolution Scoring the chauvinistic attitude against the Chinese people implied by Vancouver Local Gouncil of Women in endorsing a recommen- dation on Chinese immigration at jts recent annual meeting, Victoria Ghinese Youth Association has asked that the resolution be with- drawn. The recommendation, brought forward by the Immigration Com- mittee, asked that Chinese, as na- tionals of “a race that cannot be absorbed as Canadians by inter- marriage,’ be excluded from Can- ada. In a letter of protest to Mrs. Howard Hines, convenor of the committee, the Youth Association viewed the council's attitude to- wards the Chinese as “grossly mis- taken.” “Furthermore,” the letter con- tinues, “we feel that the decision made by your council not only is contrary to the democratic prin- ciples as proclaimed by leaders of the United Nations, but is highly injudicious to a degree that may constitute an impediment to the Allied war effort, and, ultimately, a possible dissension among the countries that are now fighting side by side to keep high the torch of freedom.” The letter stresses the great na- tional effort being made by the Chinese in the war against Japan, an enemy ‘who has aspirations to plant his flag on the soil of Canada.” ¥i00% Union House PAc. 06s4) Meet Me at KING’S CAFE for a Square Meal! THE BEST OF FOOD Your Host .. GEORGE DRICOS 212 Carrall Street | abor To*End Narts Plans Fuel Crisis VICTORIA, BC.—While Vancouver still flounders in a sea of troubles involving critical fuel shortage, with as yet no def- inite assurance that the next season will offer any brighter a perspective than last, a second meeting of the continuations committee elected from a broad, all-inclusive conference of Van- couver Island Joint Labor Council was held last week to consider further conerete proposals for a labor solution to the problem. By agreement with the provin- cial forestry department a cater- pillar tractor will be made avyail- able to the committee, and maps of available fuel sources within a 15-mile radius of the city have been provided. The committee plans to interview representatives of Unit- ed Mine Workers of America to en- list their cooperation and assist- ance. Since the conference was held, 70 organizations represented have deluged the federal government with resolutions calling for imme- diate action to deal with the seri- ous shortage of manpower in mines and lumber camps. Communist - Labor Total War Committee proposals contained in a brief submitted to the conference called for an over-all survey of the fuel needs of the district and urged that labor play its part in solving the shortage, emphasizing that the problem must be approached from the standpoint of war production, and a concerted drive be made by government, labor and other bodies to overcome the critical situation now existing. Holidays With Pay Accepted For Shipyards Confusion arising from differing interpretations of the holi- day-with-pay clauses in supplementary agreements now being negotiated for shipyard unions was cleared up this week when the government agreed to accept the interpretation of union representatives regarding the holidays. Justice Richards recently in- formed union spokesmen that the interpretation of the National War} Labor Board was that the first year of employment was merely a quali- fying period, and the holidays with pay, although made available at once to those having worked for one year in the yards, were chalked up against the following year’s em- ployment and consequently were deductable from the employees’ wages on termination of employ- ment. Although union leaders are urg- ing that all unions sign the sup- plementary agreements in order that immediate benefits might ac- crue to shipyard workers, who have already been working on a seven- day basis for over a year without any of the concessions proposed in the Richards commission report, they urged the National War Labor Board to revise its estimation of the clause pertaining to holidays with pay in order that the plan would begin with a clean sheet and not be charged up against future work of the shipyard employees. 207 West Hastings Street DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST 4 Tel. PAc. 1526 MODERN and OLD-TIME DANCING WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY Hastings Auditorium 828 E. Hastings MODERATE RENTAL RATES et The People Press Drive Many Committees Top uotas This Week By MINERVA COOPER The final week! With several committees breaking all pri ous records in BC press drive history, The People’s campa | for a sustaining fund of $4,000 rolled triumphantly past $5,000 mark this week. : City Committee leads all comers in percentage raised— | City Committee leads all comers in percentage raised— percent mark are the loggers, Sal- vage, and Princeton committees, Fernie-Michel, AFI groups and— last Bat even fo lbe lense Orel |e eee oes Committee: Ukrainians! .-.>-.---- 64.50 It’s painful to have to record the| North Burrard ...... 649.45 | fact, but it’s nevertheless true that| South Burrard ....-. 341.60 some of our entries, in contrast to 445.50 f the stars listed above, seem almost Sa ae a ee 4 to be running the other way! Don't W. Coast-Ham. Brdg. 330.00 ° blush—we're not going to mention| Loggers .....-------- 285.45 1 any names. But those committees} Transportation who haven't made a very glorious Electricians ...---- 121.50 beginning yet, may now put on a Building Trades 10450 7 final spurt and come in with some— 4 thing to boost the grand total. Aircraft ..----------- 56.45 | We would like to see all moneys| AFL (Misc.) 96.30 ° and subs turned in as soon as pos-| Ol’ Bill ......-------- 276.82 ° sible. The dance at Hastings Audi-| wey Westminster 40.00 torium and the overflow at the eS : Croatian Hall will undoubtedly Fraser Valley ------ 2EEL give a final boost to the final sum, Fernie-Michel ..----- 43.00 and we hope to see all of you there| Salmon Arm .......- 23.50 to thank you for a spléndid effort| Princeton .... ...-- 27.70 on behalf of our paper. Courtenay - Cumberl'd 59.00 Next week it may be possible to| Prince Rupert -....- 42.00 give a summary of all totals raised | Sointula .-.-,-.-.-.-- 52.50 in the drive. In advance, we want| Victoria ...........-- 399.50 to thank all of you who haye con-| The Albernis - 63.00 tributed to this very successful] Serbian Group ...... 83.90 drive. And thank you, each of the new subscribers. By the time we hold our next drive we hope you will be among the boosters, selling subs to your neighbors and friends, and helping to build The People as labor’s voice for victory. Lettish Workers’ Club 34.00 Finnish Victory Club 46.00 Greek. Group ........ 7.30 Uk.-Gan. Associa. .... 6.25 (Powell R. District) White Collar Group . Gen. Miscellaneous .-. 16.00 470.50 Fishermen To Get Extra Food Rations The first victory in the campaign for a more equitable tioning system, launched by trade unions and housey groups shortly after plans for a two-pound per person per ¥ meat quota was announced, was registered this week with announcement that vessels in the halibut fishing fleet w be permitted to obtain food supplies by using requisition - RB 21. Use of this form has hitherto been confined to the armed forces, Department of Munitions and Sup- ply for naval, military and air serv- ices, Canadian Red Cross for ex- ports only, and ships not operating on fixed quotas. Halibut boats will now fall in the last category and| Vessels to obtain food suppli will be able by the use of this form | USing form RB 21 is so far col to obtain the food supplies needed | t© the halibut fleet. Repre by fishermen to provide sufficient tions BES Ou being made by nourishment and prepare for| erment’s organizations to | emergencies. a similar decision for troller This decision, say fishermen, con- SIL EES zk stitutes recognition of the fact that} _Demands for a higher me the specia] conditions under which | tion are also being submitt fishermen work cannot be covered |/Umbermen, where the heavy by the present rationing system. in the camps has led to the On the fishing grounds commercial tice, in most areas, of serving fishermen work on an average of at all three meals. Worke 18 hours a day. This means that| Shipbuilding, mining and more than the regular three meals heavy industries are also 1 must be served if production levels | Protests. are to be maintained, since fisher- men are in no position to augment = May Day 2 Greetings sel will return. If fishermen only to be allowed to take on) an amount of food covered bj rent ration coupons of the emergencies delaying their 1 would leave them without fo board. The decision to allow f nor is there any possibility of es- tablishing industrial canteens as is done in several other industries. It is also sometimes impossible, members point out, to be certain their rations by restaurant lunches, on leaving port just when a ves- to The PEOPLE! Fat Always the Best at the... 160 West Hastings EMPIRE CAFE House of Quality Food The Only UNION CAFE in the Block Vancouver, B.C. Visit the. <- 105 East Hastings Remember . .. This is a UNION HOUSE | GOOD EATS CAFE % Where the Food Tastes Better and Costs No More Lettish Workers’ Clu Vancouver, B.C. <